Entries by Tonya Tennessen

The Doran Group portfolio nominated for Minnesota Star Tribune awards

We are humbled to see so many of our Twin Cities apartment communities nominated for The Minnesota Star Tribune’s “Best Apartment” award. We believe this is entirely because of our dedicated, creative and generous employees – including everyone from our maintenance, housekeeping, property management and leasing teams, to our architecture and construction teams. We’d be […]

Finance & Commerce: Evan Doran, The Doran Group Named to the POWER List

    Thanks to Finance & Commerce for including our President and CEO Evan Doran in this year’s POWER List. Here at The Doran Group, we are proud to be part of a robust, creative and resilient Twin Cities-based real estate industry. Real estate is all about partnerships – and it is those thriving partnerships […]

BRING THE CHEER: People Serving People Holiday Gift Drive

  People Serving People is a crucial community partner here in the Twin Cities. Our residents are supporting families staying in St. Anne’s Place, a 16 room shelter in North Minneapolis. Want to learn more about the work of this important organization – or make a financial contribution? Visit the link here.

The Doran Group Takes Home Gold

At the Twin Cities Business Magazine’s “Best of Business” awards dinner last night, The Doran Group took home GOLD in both the Real Estate Developer and Property Management categories! Cheers to our fantastic team. Their collective hard work, focused on delivering exceptional quality to our residents and tenants, is the reason we are excited for […]

Another great ULI Ideas Exchange

Thank you to the Urban Land Institute for hosting another outstanding Ideas Exchange this past week. The event centered on the profound impact of Baby Boomer retirements on multigenerational real estate ownership—an especially timely topic as many companies navigate the transition from one generation of leadership to the next. As a locally owned, multigenerational business, […]

The Food Group

Volunteering to Fight Hunger, One Meal at a Time We were proud to spend the day volunteering with The Food Group, a Minnesota nonprofit helping to provide equitable access to nutritious food. Led by our incredible host, Lonny, our team helped package 5,740 meals—each one headed to Minnesotans living in rural, suburban and urban communities […]

Celebrating Earth Day with Hands-On Action 🌍🌱

This Earth Day, our team rolled up their sleeves and got a little dirty—on purpose! Employees from our Eden Prairie office came together for a pond-side clean-up just outside our corporate HQ. From hauling trash to clearing brush, we left the area cleaner, greener, and buzzing with good energy. It’s one small way we’re giving […]